First show of season - Jack returns from U.S.O. trip to Korea: Jack Benny (September 16, 1951)

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“First show of season - Jack returns from U.S.O. trip to Korea” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 16, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny returns home to Los Angeles after a U.S.O. tour of the Far East, and his wife Mary Livingstone and friends Don Wilson and Phil Harris greet him at the airport. Jack and Mary ride home by taxi, where Jack recounts his experiences in Korea and Tokyo, including shows with other entertainers and a tense night near the front lines. Back at the house, Rochester reports on the household's finances and a visit from Dennis Day raises questions about his Hawaiian trip. This is the first show of the season for The Jack Benny Program, a comedy series on NBC and CBS Radio, first broadcast on 1951-09-16 and starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Los Angeles, California, including the international airport, a taxi, and Jack Benny's home on North Camden Drive, after his return from Korea and Tokyo

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson, Dennis Day

Listen for: Jack's account of his Korean tour, Rochester's money troubles, and Dennis Day's trip to Hawaii

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.